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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000935069-05-003440

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2

FILED AS OF DATE:		20051221

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051221

EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20051221


FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASIA TIGERS FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912729

		IRS NUMBER:				133735233

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A

		SEC ACT:		1934 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08050

		FILM NUMBER:		051278477



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR

		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA

		STATE:			PA

		ZIP:			19103

		BUSINESS PHONE:		2154055700



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR

		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA

		STATE:			PA

		ZIP:			19103




FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100

		IRS NUMBER:				133749070

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A

		SEC ACT:		1934 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266

		FILM NUMBER:		051278476



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR

		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA

		STATE:			PA

		ZIP:			19103

		BUSINESS PHONE:		2154055700



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR

		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA

		STATE:			PA

		ZIP:			19103



	FORMER COMPANY:	

		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW

		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106



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                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 14A

           Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
                      Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.    )

Filed by the Registrant [X]

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [   ]

Check the appropriate box:

[ ]   Preliminary Proxy Statement

[ ]   Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
      14a-6(e)(2))

[ ]   Definitive Proxy Statement

[ ]   Definitive Additional Materials

[X]   Soliciting Material Pursuant to ss.240.14a-12

                           THE ASIA TIGERS FUND, INC.
                              THE INDIA FUND, INC.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

[X]   No fee required.

[ ]   Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

      (1)   Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

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      (2)   Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

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      (3)   Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
            computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the
            amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
            was determined):

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      (4)   Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

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      (5)   Total fee paid:

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[ ]   Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

[ ]   Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
      Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
      paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
      number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

      (1)   Amount Previously Paid:

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      (2)   Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

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      (3)   Filing Party:

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      (4)   Date Filed:

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                                                               December 21, 2005



To the shareholders of the India Fund and Asia Tigers Fund:

Throughout our twenty-year history, Blackstone's modus operandi has been to seek
and hire  superior  professional  talent in an  effort to build  "best-in-breed"
capabilities in all of its  businesses.  This is why we sought to be selected as
investment  manager of the India Fund and Asia Tigers Fund after  learning  that
the  Boards  of  Directors  of these  two  Funds  were  considering  a change in
managers.  Our research revealed that the portfolio management team of these two
Funds had delivered  successful  investment  performances during their tenure at
these two Funds.

We are therefore  extremely pleased to welcome Punita Kumar-Sinha and her entire
portfolio  management team to the Blackstone family.  Punita has served as Chief
Investment  Officer of the India Fund and Asia  Tigers  Fund for eight years and
six  years,  respectively,   and  the  two  Funds  have  performed  successfully
throughout  that  period.  At  Blackstone,  Punita and her eight  person team in
Boston (with the assistance of the advisory team in Mumbai, India) will continue
to service the Funds.

Founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A.  Schwarzman,  The Blackstone
Group is a private  merchant  banking firm with a global reach.  Blackstone  has
attracted  successful  professionals  in each of its  businesses,  which include
alternative asset investing (in private equity, real estate,  corporate debt and
a fund-of-funds  hedge fund business) and financial advisory  businesses.  Since
its inception,  Blackstone has raised  approximately  $52 billion of capital for
alternative asset investing.

We believe that Blackstone's  reputation and investment performance in its other
businesses will assist Punita in continuing to attract capable  professionals to
her portfolio  management team. We also believe that the two Funds' shareholders
will benefit from their  portfolio  management  teams'  ability to capitalize on
Blackstone's global resources and relationships. At Blackstone, we encourage the
exchange of ideas across our firm's various businesses in instances where client
confidences  would not be compromised in doing so. In this regard, we expect the
Funds to derive particular benefits from the significant commitment to invest in
India made by  Blackstone's  private  equity  investment  funds.  To pursue such
investments,  our private equity business opened an office in Mumbai in May 2005
under the leadership of Akhil K. Gupta,  former CEO of Corporate  Development at
Reliance Industries, one of India's leading companies.





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We at Blackstone  are all committed to lending our full support to the portfolio
management  teams of the India Fund and Asia  Tigers  Fund in seeking to achieve
their  objective of  continuing  to produce  successful  performances  for these
Funds.

Sincerely,


/s/ Peter G. Peterson               /s/Prakash A. Melwani
Peter G. Peterson                   Prakash A. Melwani
Senior Chairman                     Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group                The Blackstone Group
Director                            President
India Fund                          India Fund and Asia Tigers Fund








Additional Information and Where You Can Find It:
In connection  with the proposals to approve new  management  agreements for The
India Fund,  Inc.  and The Asia Tigers  Fund,  Inc.  and a new country  advisory
agreement  for The India  Fund,  Inc.,  the Funds  will  file  definitive  proxy
statements   with  the  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission.   INVESTORS  AND
STOCKHOLDERS  ARE  ADVISED  TO  READ  THE  PROXY  STATEMENTS  WHEN  THEY  BECOME
AVAILABLE,  BECAUSE  THEY WILL  CONTAIN  IMPORTANT  INFORMATION.  Investors  and
stockholders may obtain free copies of the proxy statements, when available, and
other documents  filed by the Funds at the Securities and Exchange  Commission's
web site, HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.  Copies of the proxy statement will also be mailed
to each stockholder of record as of the record date.

The Funds;  Blackstone  Asia Advisors  L.L.C.,  the Funds'  investment  manager;
Blackstone  Fund Services India Private  Limited,  country  adviser to The India
Fund, Inc.; and The Blackstone Group, and their respective directors,  executive
officers  and  employees,  may be deemed  participants  in the  solicitation  of
proxies from the Funds'  stockholders  in  connection  with the above  mentioned
proposals.  Information  concerning  the  interests of the  participants  in the
solicitation  will be set forth in the Funds' proxy  statements  relating to the
proposals when they become available.






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                         SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
                              425 Lexington Avenue
                            New York, New York 10017


Tel:     (212) 455-2000
Fax:     (212) 455-2502


                                                     December 21, 2005

                  Re:  The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (File No. 811-8050)
                       The India Fund, Inc. (File No. 811-8266)

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Filing Desk

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On behalf of the Funds captioned above pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, please find a Schedule 14A,
transmitted via direct electronic transmission, containing soliciting material
to be published before furnishing stockholders with a proxy statement.

     Any questions or communications regarding this filing should be directed to
Kathryn Gettles-Atwa (212-455-2195) of this firm.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ Kathryn Gettles-Atwa
                                                     ---------------------------

                                                     Kathryn Gettles-Atwa
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